Existing law provides that in addition to any fee charged and collected for a game tag, a fee of $3 must be charged for processing each application for a game tag, the revenue from which must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department of Wildlife for costs related to certain programs and activities, including, without limitation, wildlife management activities relating to the protection of nonpredatory game animals and sensitive wildlife species and conducting research relating to managing and controlling predatory wildlife. (NRS 502.253) This bill revises the wildlife management activities for which the Department may use the proceeds of such fees to provide that the Department, at the direction of the applicant, may instead use the proceeds of such fees only for: (1) developing and implementing an annual program for the lethal removal of predatory wildlife; or (2) developing and implementing an annual program for the improvement of wildlife habitat and research or management activities beneficial to nonpredatory game species. Existing law also requires that the Department expend on any program developed for the management and control of predatory wildlife not less than 80 percent of the total money collected from the $3 application processing fee in the most recent fiscal year for which the Department has information. (NRS 502.253) This bill removes the minimum 80 percent expenditure requirement for programs developed for the management and control of predatory wildlife.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 502.253
Reprint 1: 502.253
Reprint 2: 502.253
As Enrolled: 502.253
BDR: 502.253